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One Lizard, (Tropidolejns,) one Snake, (^Coluber,) two Beetles, 

 (Scarabceus,) one Terrapin, (^Emys.) — From Mr. Pierce, Colum- 

 bian College. 



Totanas inacalarius. — From John T. Given. 



QLiiscnliis versicolor. — From S. B. Sherwood. 



Two (live) Black Snakes, (^Coluber constrictor.) — From Wm. Wa- 

 ters. 



Four specimens of Silver Ore from Mexico. — From 



Specimen of Ospergillum vaginiferum, valve of an Ostrea. — From 

 Dr. H. King. 



Indian Arrow-lieads from the vicinity of Potomac Creek, Virginia. — • 

 From Henry Byrne. 



Coin, antique. — From Wm. Kemblc, Esq., New York. 



Copper Coins. — From A. T. Cavis. 



Specimen of Potomac Marble. — From Martin Johnson. 



Copper Coins. — From David Myerle, Kentucky. 



Fine Grass or Silk Bark, two Birds' Eyes, (fine.) — From Joseph K. 

 Staplcto)i, Baltimore. 



One Snake, {Coluber,) one Owl, (^Strix,) one Adder, {Heterodon.) — 

 From 



For the Library. 



Sixth Geological Report to the Twenty-Fourth General Assembly of 

 Tennessee. — From G. Troost, M. D., Nashville, Tenn. 



First and Second Exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Asso- 

 ciation. — From J. J. Greenwood. 



Two copies of Professor Hitchcock's Address before the Association 

 of American Geologists. — Froin Dr. H. King. 



Insurance Abstract for 1841, (two copies ;) Bank Abstract for 1841 ; 

 Ninth Annual Report of the Trustees of the State Lunatic Hos- 

 pital ; Fourth Annual Report of the Board of Education ; Report 

 on Fishes, Reptiles, and Birds of Massachusetts ; Report on the 

 Herbaceous Plants and the Quadrupeds of Massachusetts; Report on 

 the Invertebrated Animals of Massachusetts ; Report on the Insects 

 of Massachusetts injurious to Vegetation ; Report on the Agricul- 

 ture of Massachusetts. — From the Commonivealth of Massachu- 

 setts. 



Nouveaux Memoires de I'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles 

 Lettres de Bruxelles, tome xiv, IS'II, quarto. — Memoires Cou- 

 ronnes par I'Academie Royale de Bruxelles, tome xv. Ire parte, 

 1840, 1841, quarto. — Bulletins de I'Academie Royal des Sciences, 

 from January to August, 1841. — From the Jtoyal Academy. 



Treatise on the Breeding of Animals, &c., by James Glenn ; Utica, 

 1842. — From the Author. 



Two manuscript Catalogues of Count Castelnau's Insects. — From 

 Joscjyh Dtlafield. 



